Physics 374 Content Guide

Prof. E. F. Redish

1. Introduction

• Motivation: What are we doing and why?
• Structure: How do we do it?

2. Things

• Things of Physics: Reviews of Basic Physics and Physics Foothold Ideas
• Things of Math: Basic Mathematical Structures and Principles

3. Approximations

• Motivation: Why is approximation important in physics?
• The Taylor Series
• Solving ODEs Numerically
• Solving Transcendental Equations

RETURNS

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Last revision 24. September, 2005.